For twenty-five years, I have heard
the story of brutal murders of children in the Wineville District and that it
was so notorious that in 1931, the name of the town, Wineville, was changed
to Mira Loma, which means "view of the hills." The date of the murders
was about 15 May, 1928.

Clark said he was kidnapped from
Saskachewan, Canada, two years ago and brought to the Northcott ranch, held
prisoner and was abused and beaten. He told a story of vicious degeneracy and
brutality, and that his uncle was a degenerate of the worst type. Clark told
of where to find two graves, one of Walter Collins and the other, Lewis Winslow,
12 and Nelson Winslow, 10, of Pomona, fifty yards from the chicken house on
the Northcott ranch.

The chicken ranch was five miles
south east of Wineville (now Mira Loma), off of Etiwanda Blvd. (on Wineville
Ave in Riverdale area). Investigators found an axe and bones, hair, and fingers
in lime were found. Cyrus George Northcott, 62, father of Gordon Northcott,
recently brought a load of lime to the Northcott Poultry ranch, Riverside County
Sheriff Clem Sweeters investigated.

September 17, "father admits
son admitted murders to him." Bodies were said to have been "cut into
pieces and thrown promiscuously over the ranch." It was also said that
Gordon Stewart Northcott cut off the head of a Mexican boy at El Monte and carried
the head to the "murder farm." The body was found several weeks ago
in Puente, in a burlap bag. The bodies were never found, but graves soaked with
blood, bones and fingers were found.

This story ran from Sept 15 to October
1930 in the Riverside Daily Press and the Corona Daily Independent and other
newspapers nationwide.

Gordon Northcott fled to Canada
as did his mother, Louisa Northcott, and his sister, Winnefred Clark, mother
of Sanford Clark, who told police of the terrible murders. There was a time
when Northcott's sister wzas missing and the authorities thought he had killed
her also.

September 20, 1928, Northcott was
arrested at Okanagan Landing near Vernon, British Columbia,. He dinied all charges.
His mother was arrested at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

From the "murder room"
at the Wineville Ranch was a fly-leaf paper from a book, which a letter from
the Winslow boys had written a letter to their parents saying they were ok.
Later, it was learned this book was one loaned from the Pomona Library, as a
book loaned to the Winslow boys. A whistle and boy scout badges were found at
the ranch, also belonging to the Winslow boys. In a verbal confession of Northcott
admitted murdering the Mexican boy. He later denied the charge.

In December 1928, Louisa Northcott
admitted the murder of Walter Collins and was sentenced to life in prison. She
was sent to San Quentin.

Gordon Northcott fired his lawyers
and took over his own defense. On In February, 1929, after the trial of 27 days,
Northcott was found guilty of killing Lewis Winslow, 12, and his brother, Nelson
Winslow, 10, and an unidentified Mexican boy. February, 1929, Judge Freeman
sentenced Northcott to be hanged. The sentence was carried out 2 October 1930.